Lin's Spring Banquet, back garden.

Tan Ting paused beside the path to avoid the female relatives passing by.

Zhengji asked around again and came back, still shaking his head with him.

"Master, no one has seen Madam."

Tan Ting frowned and looked up to see thick clouds gathering above his head.

My wife has a quiet temperament and is not familiar with others. Did she find some secluded place on her own?

Thinking in his mind, his eyes glanced at the three-story bookstore not far away.

But the window of the bookstore was closed, and it didn't look like there was anyone...

Tan Ting could only ask Zhengji to find someone again, and asked him to pay attention to the Miao family.

The Lord of Qiuyang County was in confinement and did not come to the spring banquet. Yizhen was only acquainted with the Miao family, and she might be together with the Miao family.

The female relatives passing by in front walked away. Tan Ting had no intention of staying among the female relatives of each family, and asked the maid to lead the way and leave quickly.

Unexpectedly, after walking a few steps, he walked around a bush and bumped into someone again.

This time, the two female relatives faced him with their backs on each other. They seemed not to notice his arrival, but they blocked his way.

Tan Ting frowned and put his hands behind his back, signaling the maid to step forward and let the two female family members make way.

The two of them, with their backs on each other, suddenly laughed softly as they didn't know what joke they were talking about.

The maid did not come forward to disturb him for a while.

But the two people turned around at this moment.

These two people were none other than the Li sisters. Li Liangu was nothing, but the young girl beside her suddenly turned around with an apricot blossom in her hand.

The little girl still had a smile on her face, and her face was set off by pink apricots and was charming.

The two of them seemed to have discovered the man behind them. Li Liangu said "Yeah", and Li Rongniang immediately lowered her head in a delicate and charming manner, half covering her face with a branch of apricot blossom.

This situation, this person, even Zhengji and the maid who led the way were stunned for a moment.

But these two people were not important. Li Liangu and Li Rongniang both looked at Tan Ting secretly from the corner of their eyes.

Unexpectedly, the expression of the eldest son of the Tan family did not change at all.

"It turns out that Miss Li is here. Tan has something to do, so I asked her to lend her a hand."

After saying that, his eyes signaled Zhengji to clear the way.

From beginning to end, he didn't even glance at the two of them.

Both of them were stunned. It wasn't until Tan Ting left the place that they came back to their senses.

Li Rongniang was a little confused.

"Did I not do it well just now? Why did the eldest son of the Tan family..."

Li Liangu didn't answer this question for a while and could only comfort her sister.

"He came all the way from there just now, didn't he not stay too long? Maybe it's just this temper, it's the same for everyone..."

But Li Rongniang looked forward and asked.

"Then he did that to the eldest lady of the Cheng family?"

She said, and Li Liangu reacted and immediately turned her head to look over.

Not wanting to see the eldest son of the Tan family walking to the bridge at a glance, he did not continue walking and stopped next to the eldest daughter of the Cheng family.

...

Tan Ting could not find a wife along the way, but met many female relatives, which made him feel inexplicably depressed.

After walking a few steps forward, he met another woman.

Tan Ting felt that he had met too many women along the way...

but he glanced at the cover of the book in the woman's hand and paused.

He didn't move for a moment, but the woman turned her head and saw him.

"Uncle Tan."

Tan Ting was stunned for a moment before he recognized who it was.

"Miss Cheng."

The two of them bowed politely.

Cheng Yunxian didn't say anything in a hurry, and he didn't show any extra performance. He just looked at the Tan family man unhurriedly and his eyes fell on the book in his hand.

I heard him ask.

"Where did Miss Cheng buy this book?"

As Cheng Yunxian asked this question, an imperceptible light flashed in his eyes.

She stood up and turned over the seal-engraving diagram of this kind in her hand.

"Uncle Tan, are you talking about this? On the way here, Yun Xian suddenly saw someone setting up a stall to sell the book. Although it was sold at a small stall, it looked like an original copy from the previous dynasty."

She said, reaching out and sending the book forward.

"Yun Xian's eyesight is limited. If Uncle Tan knows how to seal, can he help Yun Xian distinguish the authenticity?"

She said. Seeing that Tan Ting had taken it, he looked over it, and the corners of his mouth twitched almost imperceptibly.

She glanced around and caught sight of the Li sisters nearby.

Naturally, the Li sisters also saw the scene on Cheng Yunxian's side.

Li Rongniang was dumbfounded.

"This...then why is Cheng Yunxian different from us?!"

Among the unmarried daughters of the Li family in Huaichuan, Li Rongniang is the most outstanding daughter of the clan. How many people have crossed the threshold to ask to marry her, how did they end up here? , but not as good as an older woman?

She felt aggrieved and unwilling to accept it, and Li Liangu beside her also thought of herself and Cheng Yunxian. Although neither of them could marry into the Tan family as a clan wife, Cheng Yunxian was more favored than her.

The two sisters looked at Cheng Yunxian unwillingly.

Cheng Yunxian, on the other hand, just smiled quietly and quietly in the eyes of those two people.

Before she came, she specifically inquired about it.

Recently, the eldest son of the Tan family is looking for someone to buy an original seal-cut copy. He just bought one at a high price and it seems that it has not yet been delivered to the capital.

Since the eldest son of the Tan family put so much effort into seal carving, there was no reason why she wouldn't like him.

After all, she was different from those girls. She didn't ask the eldest son of the Tan family to like her, she just didn't have time to wait any longer...

Cheng Yunxian became more and more determined when he saw Tan Ting carefully flipping through the book in his hand. down.

I couldn't help but ask.

"Uncle Tan is good at seal engraving, right? Yun Xian also wants to practice this art recently. I wonder if I can ask you for advice?"

She asked, her eyes fixed on Tan Ting, waiting for his answer.

Unexpectedly, he suddenly smiled and shook his head.

"Tan is not good at seal carving. The one who is good at seal carving is Zhuo Jing."

As soon as these words came out, Cheng Yunxian was stunned for a moment.

But I heard him say something again.

"Tan wants to buy this book for Zhuo Jing. I wonder if Miss Cheng is willing to part with me?"

The wind beside the bridge was a bit chilly.

Cheng Yunxian didn't speak for a long time.

It took her a long time to come back to her senses and say something.

"Uncle Tan was joking. Yun Xian doesn't know much about seal cutting. Since Uncle Tan wants it, it's just right to give this book as a gift."

After hearing this, Tan Ting raised his head and glanced at Cheng Yunxian, then bowed to her.

"Thank you, Miss Cheng."

...

No one else could hear what the two said.

It's just that the Li sisters couldn't believe it at all. The eldest son of the Tan family actually talked to Miss Cheng for a long time.

Li Rongniang is young and can't sit still the most.

Before her father came, he told her that the Tan family was different from the past. If she could sit in the Tan family's wife, their concubine's room would be able to hold her head up in front of the family.

After all, it is the position of the patriarch of a wealthy family, who wouldn't want to sit in it?

She thought, raised her feet and walked out.

"No, I can't sit still and wait for death! I have to think of another way to make the eldest son of the Tan family pay attention to me!"

She said this, and Li Liangu nodded.

"That's right, why did our Li family lose to the Cheng family?"

The two of them were about to step forward, but were suddenly stopped by someone. They looked back and said to Li Liangu.

"Do you have any instructions from the second sister-in-law? We still have some things to do."

Huang Erniang didn't rush to speak and looked at the sisters carefully.

"You're not going to pester Uncle Tan, are you? I advise you not to go. It's beneath your status."

She made it clear in front of the two of them.

Both of their faces froze.

Huang Erniang said again, specializing in Li Liangu.

"Have you forgotten what happened to the Li family in Huaining last time? The Xiang family may not be leaving the Tan family. What are you going to do now?"

Li Liangu knew that she was talking about the Tan family's uncle personally taking Xiang home. thing.

But she hummed.

"The world is different. Don't worry, it's gone now. We don't know what will happen in the future. We are also doing things according to the wishes of the Zong family. Second sister-in-law, please stop meddling in other people's business."

Li Liangu said this, and Huang Erniang shook her head with a smile.

"That's all I have to say. If you lose face, don't blame me as my sister-in-law for not reminding you."

After Huang Erniang finished speaking, she turned and left.

Li Liangu snorted behind her again, turned around and led Li Rongniang into another path.

"She is not from our Li family after all. She is probably angry because Huang Siniang failed to succeed, so don't pay attention to her."

After the two of them finished speaking, they got into the alley.

...

Tan Ting said goodbye to Cheng Yunxian and continued to walk forward. Within two steps, there was another female dependent.

The feeling that something was wrong just now became more and more obvious.

Yizhen was nowhere to be found, so he bumped into so many female relatives inexplicably, and most of them seemed to be girls who had not yet left the court.

Just when Tan Ting felt something was wrong, he suddenly heard a noise in the grass beside him.

"Ah! Snake!"

A female voice suddenly came out.

Then, someone ran out of the grass in a panic, and before Tan Ting could react, he bumped into Tan Ting.

Tan Ting quickly ducked out of the way, but the woman who ran out of the grass did not touch him and almost stumbled to the ground.

Zhengji was surprised.

"Miss Li Qi?"

Tan Ting also noticed, and it was Miss Li Qi who ran out in a panic.

He was about to ask Zhengji to see where the snake was in the grass, but he saw Miss Li Qi grabbing his right arm even though she didn't hit him.

"Uncle Tan, there is a snake in the grass!"

Li Rongniang looked panicked and pulled Tan Ting's hand a little harder, thinking that the eldest son of the Tan family would always pay attention to her.

Unexpectedly, the eldest son of the Tan family suddenly snorted, and the servant immediately came forward.

"Miss Li Qi, please let go, you have touched our uncle's injury!"

Li Rongniang was startled, this time she was really panicked, and she quickly let go of Tan Ting.

"Rong Niang, Rong Niang doesn't know..."

Li Liangu, who was lurking aside, didn't expect that such a mistake would happen, but after a second thought, she stepped forward again.

"Why are Rongniang so clumsy? Why don't you help me go to the courtyard over there to see his injuries?"

She said and winked at Li Rongniang.

Who would have thought that this glance would fall into Tan Ting's eyes.

The wound ached.

If he had just met so many girls who had not yet left the court, he was a little surprised but didn't understand.

Now that I saw the Li sisters jumping out again and talking about such unruly words, I suddenly understood what was going on.

At that moment, when he saw that Li Rongniang actually came forward, he spoke coldly.

"I didn't expect that the Huaichuan Li family would have such a rule. If they met their foreign men, they wouldn't avoid them, but would instead come forward and try to grab them?"

He said, looking at the two of them.

"What do you mean, ladies?"

This kind of thing is not uncommon in banquets of wealthy people. Originally, the emphasis is on half-knowledge and going with the flow.

The Li sisters never expected that the eldest son of the Tan family would reveal their intentions with one word.

Both of their faces turned pale and embarrassed.

Li Liangu still wanted to smooth things over for herself, but the eldest son of the Tan family turned around, fluttered his sleeves and left, without even intending to listen to their answers.

After all, Li Rongniang was a girl brought up by a wealthy family. This was the first time she had done such a thing at the expense of her face, and she was exposed.

Her face started to hurt.

But Li Liangu caught sight of Huang Erniang who was nearby, and faintly heard Huang Erniang click her tongue twice. Her face became hot, and she hurriedly avoided Huang Erniang's smiling eyes.

How did things become like this?

...

Without letting the maid lead the way, Tan Ting went to an open area under an uninhabited tree by himself. Tan Ting turned around and glanced at the maid who was leading the way.

The maid was sweating now and almost knelt down under the gaze of Uncle Tan.

But Tan Ting also knew that she was just someone who was ordered to run an errand.

His voice was cold and deep, and he only said one sentence to the maid.

"Go and invite your eldest lady here immediately!"

He really wanted to ask his aunt what she wanted to do.

The maid responded in panic and ran away.

The injury ached faintly, and Tan Ting clenched his hands tightly behind his back.

He looked far and near from under the tree to the garden.

If my aunt did this, where would Yizhen be?

But, where is Yizhen now?

...

Mrs. Lin heard the message from the maid and knew it. She made an excuse and went out of the hall to where Tan Ting was waiting for her.

She always knew that her nephew did not pay attention to these matters of the back house, otherwise, he would not have directly fulfilled the contract and married the daughter of the Xiang family without consulting anyone back then.

If she had told him in advance, he would not agree to this, so she wanted to wait until the meeting was over.

But Mrs. Lin didn't expect that he would actually see the clues.

As soon as Mrs. Lin walked in, Tan Ting frowned and looked over and asked directly.

"Aunt, what do you mean by this? Do you still want to change my wife for me?"

He said, and Mrs. Lin nodded.

"Since you can see it, I don't need to tell you specifically."